1. Tom Kelly
University of New
Hampshire
tom.kelly@unh.edu

2. Germany understands that
innovation must result in
productivity gains that are
widespread, rather than concentrated
in the high-tech sector of the
moment.
Germany has a network of public
institutions that help companies
recombine and improve ideas.
Germany innovates in order to
empower workers and improve their
productivity; to create and sustain
good jobs across the spectrum of
workers’ educational attainment

3. "R&D" company "built on the re-
invented formulas, drawings and
principles of Archimedes"

6. Sustainability
Sustainability
Sustainability
Sustainabilit

7. What is Sustainability?
What
Sustains US?

8. 8
adapted from Kelly 2009

9. 9
Case Example

10. • Food & Society Initiative
Working Group
2000
• Four Annual Soul of
Agriculture Conferences
2001-2004
• Eating as a Moral Act
Symposium
2005
• Citizen Panels on Food
2002/2004
• Future of Dairy Farming
2004

13. 2005

14. 2005

15. Slow Food International Founder Carlo Petrini
2006

16. Curriculum in EcoGastronomy
2006

17. 2006-2007
Workshops
40 UNH Faculty/
Staff
Building Sustainable Food Communities:
A Systems Approach to Integrating
Agroecology, Food and Nutrition
at the University of New Hampshire

18. The Dual Major Connecting From Farm to
Fork to Nutrition and Health
2008

20. Farming For the Future
College of Life Sciences and Agriculture Spring 2008 Seminar Series
February 13
Organic Standards for Animal Health and Welfare? Act Now Before It’s Too Late
Kathleen Merrigan, PhD; Tufts University
February 27
Think Like A Cow - Understanding Grazing Behavior
Kathy Soder, PhD; University Park, PA
March 12
Pasture Management in an Organic Dairy System
Rick Kersbergen, Extension Professor, University of Maine
March 26
Organic Agroecosystem Management for Sustainability: a Below Ground Perspective.
Johan Six, PhD; University of California at Davis
April 2
Organic Dairy Farming: Veterinary Challenges and Opportunities
Hue Karreman, DVM; Penn Dutch Cow Care and Affiliate Assistant Professor, UNH
April 16
Holistic Heard Health From the Ground Up
Paul Detloff, DVM; Staff Veterinarian, Organic Valley
April 30
Sustainability and Profitability of Organic Dairy Farming
Francis Thicke, PhD; Radiance Dairy, Iowa
Ed Maltby, Executive Director; Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance
May 7
What Do Studies Comparing Organic and Conventional Farming Tell Us?
John Reganold, PhD; Washington State University

23. CT
RI
MA
VT
NH
ME
what can we do
better together as a region
than separately as states
and communities?

26. http://www.davidrenka.com/LeOpere/Rilievi/FestinaLente.html